Entries Tagged as 'Preparedness Conferences'

In a radio interview this week, a leading expert on weapons of mass destruction preparedness said that the public needs to realize that a nuclear terror incident is a possibility, and they should learn some protective response steps for themselves and their families.
Tom Inglesby, director of theÂ Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, said [...]

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One potentially significant homeland security threat now receiving an increased amount of attention is the possibility of an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack.Â In its report, the U.S. Congress’ “Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack” said:
“The high-altitude nuclear weapon-generated electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is one of a small number of [...]

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I am heading to the “2009 National Conference on Community Preparedness: The Power of Citizens Corps” which begins in earnest on Monday in Arlington, Virginia. Hosted by FEMA’s Community Preparedness Division, the Conference is “intended to help communities become safer, stronger, and better prepared for all types of hazards.”
According to the Citizens Corps website, the [...]

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The Obama AdministrationÂ will be holding a H1N1 Flu Preparedness Summit on Thursday at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.Â Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan will host the all-day parley to further prepare the nation for the possibility [...]

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Last December, I attended the second-annual “National Congress For Secure Communities” conference in Washington, D.C. I found it quite interesting and helpful in large part because it was the rare national gathering that focuses on community emergency preparedness and brings together participants from all sectors of society to work on a subject that does not [...]

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I am in Chicago this week for the third in a series of fascinating Aspen Institute roundtable discussions examining individual cities’ (and the nation’s) “preparedness for another 9/11-scale terror attack and another Hurricane Katrina-scale natural disaster.” Â
The three-day Aspen workshops bring together the area’s leading officials and experts from the government, business, academic and non-profit [...]

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